Many of you know how much I love me some Annette from Sustainable Eats. Earlier this year I wrote about her book, The Urban Farm Handbook that she co-authored with Joshua McNichols. It's a sensational book that has received great reviews. To coincide with the release of their book, Annette and Joshua launched a twelve month Urban Farm Handbook Challenge inspiring people to not just read about urban farming but to actually do. Throughout the Urban Farm Handbook Challenge we walk you through ... continue reading...
Naturally Sweetened, Whole Wheat, Buttered Sugar Cookies
This month at Spain in Iowa, we are celebrating intentionally by slowing down and savoring every bit of Christmas that we can. Some of us are observing advent, making handmade gifts, and, of course, baking sweets and treats made with love. I can't imagine a Christmas without polvorones, mantecados, buñuelos de viento, turron, and alfajores. My heart still melts when I think about the sweet treats my Abuela Isabel would send to my sisters and I from Spain each Christmas. Growing up ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, #124
It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 4 sites! As a reminder, this blog hop is a way to share with many people your posts on what you are doing to live a simple life. Whether that's gardening, raising urban chickens, homeschooling, sewing, making your own deodorant, or cleaning supplies... we want to know about it! If you're into ... continue reading...
A Recipe: Naturally Sweetened Walnut Sandie Cookies
Written by Foy of Foy Update – Garden. Cook. Write. Repeat. Christmas cookies are sugary, rich, refined delicious bites of holiday goodness. When Diana, Miss Spain in Iowa, asked for cookie recipes that were natural and unrefined I paused wondering what I could possibly come up with. Turns out there are quite a few easy substitutions to naturally sweeten cookies. You've heard of pecan sandies right? Well these are naturally sweetened walnut sandie cookies. ... continue reading...
A Serbian Holiday Tradition: Dried Fruit and Nut Balls
Written by Lana of Bibberche It was not by accident that I virtually met Diana back in the spring of 2010 when I started my blog. Both of us are Europeans who make their home in the U.S. Our backgrounds are similar and we pretty much view the world with the same eyes. I am delighted to be a part of her site. I grew up in Serbia and unprocessed, simple, natural, local, and sustainable food was the standard – not because we were more sophisticated than others, but because we lagged behind ... continue reading...
